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Carbon emissions from deforestation is an important issue to look at with the increasing problem of global warming.Currently, about 4% of B.C.′s total green house gas (GHG) yearly emissions are from deforestation, which is quite a low percentage compared to B.C.'s total GHG emissions, and works out to be about 6,200 hectares of forest land is converted to non-forest use per year. [4]
A very productive rain-fed forest occurs along the British Columbia coast from Haida Gwaii and Stewart south to Metchosin on Vancouver Island. [15] It also extends inland along river valleys from coastal parts of Alaska, crossing into British Columbia as far north as the Chilkat River. [16] Western hemlock is a dominant climax species throughout.
There are three distinct types of vegetation on this coast: the forests of the coastal plain dominated by western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), western red cedar (Thuja plicata) and amabilis fir (Abies amabilis); mountain forest of mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana), amabilis fir and yellow cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis); and alpine tundra with sedge meadows and lichen-covered rocks.
Biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification (BEC) [1] [2] is an ecological classification framework used in British Columbia to define, describe, and map ecosystem-based units at various scales, from broad, ecologically-based climatic regions down to local ecosystems or sites.
The Department of Lands was notable for overseeing the founding of British Columbia's first provincial park, Strathcona Provincial Park, in 1911. [ 5 ] Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources (1945-1974)
Montane Forest Region - Located in the west of Canada, this region covers parts of the Kootenays, the central plateau of British Columbia, and a number of valleys close to Alberta's border. [8] Subalpine Forest Region - This region is located in British Columbia and Alberta. It covers the Rocky Mountains from the west coast to Alberta's uplands.
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British Columbia mainland coastal forests The Great Bear Rainforest [ 2 ] [ 3 ] is a temperate rain forest on the Pacific coast of British Columbia , comprising 6.4 million hectares. [ 4 ] It is part of the larger Pacific temperate rainforest ecoregion , which is the largest coastal temperate rainforest in the world.